Town and Charity Estate Non-Ecclesiastical Charity

Analysis

Town and Charity Estate Non-Ecclesiastical Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in January 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and recreation, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Town and Charity Estate Non-Ecclesiastical Charity reported income of £65k and spending of £47k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £7,221 to £65k (+794%), an average of +73% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 662%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Town and Charity Estate Non-Ecclesiastical Charity sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Prison Choir Project (£65k), Leeds Chinese Community School (£65k) and Chaudhry Foundation (£65k).